Principal Software Engineer, AI-Driven Core Platform—Remote

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 227,800 - 385,200; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Principal Engineer to own company-critical, multi-year problems at the intersection of technology, product, business strategy, and applied AI. You will define long-term technical direction for customer-facing experiences used by millions and stay hands-on where it provides leverage.

You will lead architecture across teams, set engineering standards, drive AI adoption, and partner with senior leaders to shape platforms for the company’s future while

Qualifications

• 15+ years designing, building, and evolving large-scale software systems.
• Experience at Principal level owning company-critical technical problems.
• Strong consumer-facing product experience with performance and reliability focus.
• Practical ML, LLM-based APIs, and agentic frameworks in production.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive technical outcomes across multiple teams at scale.
• Define long-term strategy and partner with senior leaders as technical owner.
• Tackle ambiguous problems and shape what the company builds.
• Remain hands-on in software development for high-leverage components.
• Architect and evolve foundational systems and platforms for hundreds of millions of users.
• Drive AI adoption to improve productivity and enable AI-based features.

Skills

AI fluency

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Frontend/Backend basics

Communication to execs

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Principal Engineer to own company-critical, multi-year problems at the intersection of technology, product, business strategy, and applied AI. You will define long-term technical direction for customer-facing experiences used by millions and stay hands-on where it provides leverage.

You will lead architecture across teams, set engineering standards, drive AI adoption, and partner with senior leaders to shape platforms for the company’s future while